Again this strange dichotomy. While I was at the whipping post they probably cheered, now they were concerned for my well-being. Normally now I could ...it and lie without too much discomfort provided the seat was soft, but the welts were still ridged and showed clearly red with yellow- purple bruising around them.For the time being I kept Roger chained to me so I wouldn't be interfered with while I was introduced to various people. The fact that he was chained to me and had to do my bidding. Biology actually turned out to be pretty interesting. The Professor wasa small woman, who looked to be between the ages of fifty and ninety.If not for the way in which she nimbly moved around the front of thelecture hall, and the pace of her sentences, I would have definitelyassumed the latter. Josie and Shelly didn't seem quite as taken withthe class as myself, but at least I could focus on something other thanwhat I was going to do about Danny.It was clear to me that he intended to talk to me. She said she loved me, the first time she has said that in a year.’ After a long pause, ‘Did you have sex with her?’ ‘Yes, I did.’ I could hear her sigh. I’m losing her. I shouldn’t have said anything, especially since I won’t see her for several weeks. ‘Melissa, this doesn’t change the fact that I love you. I’m just very confused. A few months ago, I felt sorry for myself because I didn’t think anyone loved me. Now I have two women in love with me.’ Another sigh, I could almost see the pain on. Naturally, honoring her stated preference, I didn't reply to her email.Six weeks later, I received yet another email from her, even longer than the first, recounting every disappointment I'd given her, every act I'd done to cause her either emotional pain or humiliation. She wrote of all the chances she'd given me, all the times she'd forgiven the unforgivable at my hands. After all that, she closed her email with this:"Ever since we were both children, I have loved you. I kept hoping,.